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bostin

bostin adjective: great, excellent.

Adjective

bostin (comparative more bostin, superlative most bostin)

  1. (West-Midlands) great, excellent
    • Ar, that's bostin, ar kid!
  2. (East-Midlands, West-Midlands) bursting
    • I shouldn’t have drunk so much, I’m bostin for the loo!
    • Hurry up, I'm bostin for a pittle.

Interjection

  1. (West-Midlands) great!

Forms of bostin

comparativemore bostin
superlativemost bostin
alternative formbosting
alternative formbostin'

Origin of bostin

Possibly related to boast or bost (“to break”).

Questions about bostin

What does bostin mean?
Bostin means great, excellent.
What part of speech is bostin?
Bostin can be an adjective or an interjection.

Words near bostin in the dictionary

  1. Bostian
  2. Bostians
  3. Bostic
  4. Bostick
  5. Bosticks
  6. bostin
  7. bostin'
  8. bosting
  9. Bostobrick
  10. bostock
  11. Bostock Green

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